What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14782 and 14786?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14782 and 14786 is 2.

GCF(14782,14786) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14782 and 14786, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14782 and 14786.

How to find the GCF of 14782 and 14786?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14782 and 14786. After we will calculate the factors of 14782 and 14786 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14782

Prime factors of 14782 are 2, 19, 389. Prime factorization of 14782 in exponential form is:

14782 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14786

Prime factors of 14786 are 2, 7393. Prime factorization of 14786 in exponential form is:

14786 = 2¹ × 7393¹

Step-3: Factors of 14782

List of positive integer factors of 14782 that divides 14782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 389, 778, 7391

Step-4: Factors of 14786

List of positive integer factors of 14786 that divides 14782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14782 and 14786. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14782 and 14786 is 2.

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